12 And they said these words to Mordecai.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 4:12. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ לְמָרְדֳּכָ֔י אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֥י אֶסְתֵּֽר׃ פ
וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ
לְמָרְדֳּכָ֔י
אֵ֖ת
דִּבְרֵ֥י
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܘܚܘܝ ܠܡܘܪܕܟܝ ܡ̈ܠܝܗ̇ ܕܐܣܬܝܪ.
ܘܚܘܝ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܚܘܝ
- Transliteration
- whwy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 24
ܠܡܘܪܕܟܝ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܡܘܪܕܟܝ
- Transliteration
- lmwrdky
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 16
ܡ̈ܠܝܗ̇
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܠܝܗ
- Transliteration
- mlyh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 8
ܕܐܣܬܝܪ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܐܣܬܝܪ
- Transliteration
- d'styr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 6
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
וְכַד חֲזָא הָמָן רַשִׁיעָא יַת הֲתָךְ דִשְׁמֵיהּ דָנִיאֵל אָעֵיל וְנָפֵק לְוַת אֶסְתֵּר וּתְקֵיף רוּגְזֵיהּ בֵּיהּ וְקַטְלֵיהּ וְאִזְדַמְנוּ תַמָן מִיכָאֵל וְגַבְרִיאֵל מַלְאָכַיָא וְחַוִיאוּ לְמָרְדְכַי יַת פִּתְגָמֵי אֶסְתֵּר׃
וְכַד
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- וכד
- Transliteration
- wkd
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 83
חֲזָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חזא
- Transliteration
- chz'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 80
הָמָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- המן
- Transliteration
- hmn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 110
רַשִׁיעָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רשיעא
- Transliteration
- rshy''
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 147
יַת
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- ית
- Transliteration
- yt
- Morphology
- accusative/direct object marker
- Gloss
- direct object marker
- Occurrences
- 4303
הֲתָךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- התך
- Transliteration
- htk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 6
דִשְׁמֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שמיה
- Transliteration
- dshmyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 125
דָנִיאֵל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ניאל
- Transliteration
- dny'l
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 8
אָעֵיל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אעיל
- Transliteration
- ''yl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 24
וְנָפֵק
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- נפק
- Transliteration
- wnpq
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root נפק
- Gloss
- and went out, came forth
- Occurrences
- 177
לְוַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לות
- Transliteration
- lwt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 430
אֶסְתֵּר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אסתר
- Transliteration
- 'str
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 80
וּתְקֵיף
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תקיף
- Transliteration
- wtqyp
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 178
רוּגְזֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רוגזיה
- Transliteration
- rwgzyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 72
בֵּיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ביה
- Transliteration
- byh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 359
וְקַטְלֵיהּ
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- קטל
- Transliteration
- wqtlyh
- Morphology
- verbal root קטל
- Gloss
- killed, slew
- Occurrences
- 146
וְאִזְדַמְנוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אזדמנו
- Transliteration
- w'zdmnw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 11
תַמָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תמן
- Transliteration
- tmn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 618
מִיכָאֵל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יכאל
- Transliteration
- myk'l
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 12
וְגַבְרִיאֵל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גבריאל
- Transliteration
- wgbry'l
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 6
מַלְאָכַיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לאכיא
- Transliteration
- ml'ky'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 20
וְחַוִיאוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חויאו
- Transliteration
- wchwy'w
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 37
לְמָרְדְכַי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מרדכי
- Transliteration
- lmrdky
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 42
יַת
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- ית
- Transliteration
- yt
- Morphology
- accusative/direct object marker
- Gloss
- direct object marker
- Occurrences
- 4303
פִּתְגָמֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פתגמי
- Transliteration
- ptgmy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 291
אֶסְתֵּר׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אסתר
- Transliteration
- 'str
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 80
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Quod cum audisset Mardochæus,
quod
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quod
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
cum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cum
- Transliteration
- cum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 5272
audisset
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- audio
- Transliteration
- audisset
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1534
Mardocheus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Mardocheus
- Transliteration
- Mardocheus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 47
These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.
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Greek LXX
alternate tradition
The current Greek Brenton source archive does not expose this as the same canonical book. Related Greek Esther/Ezra traditions are tracked under separate or alternate structures where available.